Nearly all the countries in Africa have old names they were called before bearing new names. Many African countries changed their old names after gaining their independence.
Africa is the second largest continent in the world out of the seven main divisional continents.The seven continents from largest to the smallest are – Asia, Europe, North America, South America, Antarctica, Africa and Australia.
Among these seven, Asia is the biggest continent by land size, while Africa, which is in the second position has 54 countries that are fully recognized by the United Nations, and two other independent states with limited recognition, which are Western Sahara and Somaliland, as well as several territories, mostly Islands controlled by non-African countries, such as the Canary Islands being ruled by Spain.
Africa has an area of 30 million square kilometers and houses 56 countries. Also, 14% of the worldโs total population reside there, unlike Asia, which holds 60% of world’s total population.
Below is a list of some African Countries with their old names gathered by premierworldnews.com :
1. ๐ง๐ฏ
Benin Republic ||
Old Name: Dahomey
2. ๐ง๐ผ
Botswana ||
Old Name: Bechuanaland
3. ๐ง๐ซ
Burkina Faso ||
Old Name: Upper Volta
4. ๐ง๐ฎ
Burundi ||
Old Name: Rwanda-Urundi
5. ๐จ๐ซ
Central African Republic ||
Old Name: Ubangi-Shari
6. ๐จ๐ฌ
Congo Brazzaville ||
Old Name: Middle Congo, French Congo)
7. ๐จ๐ฒ
Cameroon ||
Old Name: German Cameroon
8. ๐จ๐ฉ
DR Congo ||
Old Name: Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, Lรฉopodville, Republic of Zaire
9. ๐ฉ๐ฏ
Djibouti ||
Old Name: French Somaliland, Afars and Issas
10. ๐ธ๐ฟ
Eswatini ||
Old Name: Kingdom of Swaziland
11. ๐ช๐น
Ethiopia ||
Old Name: Damot, Abyssinia
12. ๐ฌ๐ฒ
The Gambia ||
Old Name: Senegambia, Kaabu, British Gambia
13. ๐ฌ๐ญ
Ghana ||
Old Name: Gold Coast
14. ๐ฌ๐ณ
Guinea ||
Old Name: Conarky, French Guinea, French Guinea
15. ๐ฌ๐ผ
Guinea-Bissau ||
Old Name: Portuguese Guinea
15. ๐ฐ๐ช
Kenya ||
Old Name: British East Africa
16. ๐ฑ๐ธ
Lesotho ||
Old Name: Basutoland
17. ๐ฒ๐ผ
Malawi ||
Old Name: Nyasaland
18. ๐ฒ๐ฑ
Mali ||
Old Name: French Sudan
19. ๐ฒ๐บ
Mauritius ||
Old Name: Prins Mauritius van Nassaueiland
20. ๐ฒ๐ฆ
Morocco ||
Old Name: Al-Maghrib
21. ๐ณ๐ฆ
Namibia ||
Old Name: Island Nawodo, Onawero
22. ๐ท๐ผ
Rwanda ||
> Old Name: Kinyarwanda
23. ๐ธ๐ณ
Senegal ||
Old Name: Senegambia
24. ๐น๐ฟ
Tanzania ||
> Old Name: Tanganyika
25. ๐บ๐ฌ
Uganda ||
Old Name: Buganda
26. ๐ฟ๐ฒ
Zambia ||
Old Name: Northern Rhodesia
27. ๐ฟ๐ผ
Zimbabwe ||
Old Name: Rhodesia
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